Stanley Bailey No. 5½ bench plane. PRECISION GROUND, Type 11, 1910-18

5½ Type 11 bench plane. Fantastic condition throughout, has been sympathetically restored and precision ground.

A particularly rare plane, especially in the UK! As far as our restoration process goes, we strip the planes to component parts and ensure everything is present and correct, any damaged parts are repaired if possible or replaced with an identical part from our extensive stock of donor planes.

If the japanning has failed then the bodys are blasted and re-enamelled although we always try and keep the original finish wherever possible, if the plane was in a painted finish from new then we remove and re-finish by default. The castings are then sent to our friend and go-to engineering genius, Tim at FNL services, Tim works his magic with the surface grinder and the planes return to us ground flatter, smoother and with the sides more parallel than they ever were from the factory. It's amazing how much warp, twist and wear some of them have prior to grinding. While Tim works on the castings we work on the wooden parts, stripping them back to bare wood, re-finishing them with many coats of Shellac. We sharpen and hone the iron, clean up the anciliary hardware and generally get everything ready for reassembly.

Once the parcel arrives with all the lovely freshly ground soles we clean off the protective grease and set about assembling and tuning them. Each plane gets set up and tested in it's intended use before being cleaned and photographed. The end result is a traditional Stanley Bailey bench plane that is finished to a far higher standard than stock and which requires no further tuning in order to go to work, unlike all new and 99% of used planes. We can offer the same service for your planes too, message us for details. This item is in the category "Collectables\Tools & Collectable Hardware\Collectable Tools\Carpentry & Woodworking Tools\Planes".

The seller is "force10handtools" and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Republic of Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Bahrain, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French Guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Macau, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and Caicos Islands, Aruba, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, El Salvador.

Collectable/ Vintage: Collectable/ Vintage
Sub-Type: bench plane
Type: Carpentry/ Woodworking
Manufacturer: Stanley
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Modified Item: No